Not Enough Mirrors

You know if you are in a barber shop and they have mirrors on both walls facing each other, if you are sitting in the right spot it looks like 100 of you sitting in the chair.  Rocky Mount had one pitcher all season and mirrors every other time and tonight Triton had no trouble with the Gryphon mirrors.

Triton scored four in the first, three in the second, two in the third and another in the fourth.  Finally the Gryphons held them scoreless in the fifth but by that time Triton had all they needed to win in five innings 10-0.

The Gryphons only choice in a game like this is to score runs themselves but collecting only three hits Logan Pearce, David  Harrison and Jamar Ellis with walks the Gryphons left the bases loaded twice  but failed to cross the plate.  The Hawks pounded out 12 hits and three errors by the Gryphon defense didn't help the Gryphon cause.  The Gryphon finish the season 13-9.

Hunt got knock out in the baseball playoffs 8-5 by Orange County and Fike was eliminated by Corinith Holders 2-0.  Baseball season is over for the Big East.

There will be no third round for the Hunt Warriors in softball as they lose 11-0 to Lee County.  It took  an extra inning but the Lady  Knights of Northern Nash remain alive in the softball playoffs winning in the eighth inning 4-3.  You know any time two teams are equal and have to play more to decide a winner it is exciting but playoffs extra play is thrilling to win. The Knights play at Topsoil in the third round.

The soccer is a different story as three teams made it to the second round and all three will play in round three.  The big story is Hunt's upset of the top seed Terry Sanford.  Tied 1-1 they played two ten minute over times and two five minutes sudden death over times and we're still tie at 1.  In the shoot out Hunt wins 4-2 and advances to the third.

Fike had no trouble at all with Burlington Williams winning 8-1. They travel in round three to the third seed Corinith Holders.  Rocky Mount advances after a home win over Richlands 3-1.  The Gryphons are a 10 seed and will now have to travel to Jacksonville the two seed in Jacksonville.

The last couple of weeks big News has come across the state concerning Eastern Alamance the team that won their first 14 football games until they ran into the Gryphons. Seems they use an ineligible player through a clerical error and has forfeited the entire season.  They also had to forfeit all basketball wins four games in the first semester once the error was found.

This brings up a real question about what if's.  Suppose EA had of beaten the The Gryphons and surely the question by every team that they played the first three rounds can be asked.   Since a forfeit constitutes a win can we go play in the next round all over again.  The answer is of course no but look at what could or does happen when ever any teams mis deeds are not caught as they happen.  EA would not have been in the playoffs at all and other teams in their conference would have moved up in other brackets.  Even the Gryphons may have played the fourth playoff game at home instead of on the road.    The NCHSAA fined Eastern Alamance 19,000 dollars which was a 500 dollar fine for the ineligible player and they have to return all playoff monies which is about 18,500 dollars.